The Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors in overtime Thursday night by the score of 131–128. The matchup lost some of its potential juice due to the absence of Steph Curry and Draymond Green, but the basketball itself was terrific. Kawhi Leonard was great. Pascal Siakam was great. Even Serge Ibaka was…Read more…

The Warriors’ Kevin Durant scored 51 points in Thursday’s loss against the Raptors. He is the second Warriors player in the past 50 seasons with three consecutive 40-point games. (Stephen Curry is the other, in February 2016.)

Texas Tech has hired Matt Wells as its new football coach after he was part of an impressive turnaround at Utah State, his alma mater. Wells was 44-34 in six seasons as coach of the Aggies, who are 10-2 and headed to their fifth bowl in that span. He was an assistant at Utah State the previous…

It appears USC coach Clay Helton’s plan to improve his program includes bringing on one of the best offensive minds in college football as his offensive coordinator. Multiple reports Thursday said that USC has agreed to a deal in principle with former Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury to lead…